Professor Neralla Vijayakameswara Rao

Project Assistant Professor: Neralla Vijayakameswara Rao
Office: E2-812

Lab: E2-815, Medicinal Polymer Chemistry Lab

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Phone: +886 (02) 2737-6652

Educations

September 2019 - Present

Project Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering Department, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

November 2015 - July 2019

Research Professor

Chemical Engineering Department, Sungkyunkwan University

March 2015 - October 2015:

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Theranostic Macromolecules Research Center (TMRC), Sungkyunkwan University

February 2009 – June 2014:

Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow, Polymer Research Center

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K)

June 2004 - May 2006:

MSc
Chemical Science

Pondicherry University (Central University)

International

Korean Research Foundation (KRF) - Research Professor, Government of South Korea award for five years.
National Research Foundation (NRF) - Research Fellow by Government of South Korea in 2015. Grant number: 820802-5760111. Status: Successfully completed the 3 years project.
National Research Foundation (NRF) - Research Fellow by the Government of South Korea. Grant number in 2018: 2018R1D1A1B07051162. Status: ongoing.
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Best Presenter award at International polymer conference held in Paris (France).
Scientist Award (Independent Position): Pool Scientist in Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM) a NABL Accredited Laboratory, under Govt. of India. (CIPET/LARPM/BBSR/Appointment/PS/2015-16/336).

National

Certificate of appreciation award for teaching assistant in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K)
2012 February-2015 January, Senior research fellow Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Government of India.
2011 November- Indian Institute of Science Education & Research-K, Senior Research Fellowship (SRF).
2009 February - Indian Institute of Science Education & Research-K, Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).
Best poster award in Symposium on Polymer Science-2011 at IISER-Kolkata (10 Dec. 2011). (Rao, V. N.; Shunmugam, R.“Synthesis and Characterization of Norbornene Derived Functional Materials)

Taught graduate course 2017, Spring Semester: Title of course: Industrial Organic Chemistry 1, Course Code: ECH2019-45, Credits 3, and Total Students: 55 in Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.
Teaching Assistant for Graduate Course on polymer synthesis for 2009-2014 and received Certificate of appreciation award for teaching assistant in Indian Institute of Science Education & Research-K
Teaching Assistant for Graduate Course on polymer synthesis for 2010-2014
Provided scientific guidance and technical assistance, specifically related to strategic materials design, to graduate students.
Supervised eight summer project students.